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MICROCOPY  RESOLUTION  TEST  CHART 

NATIONAL  BUREAU  OF  STANDARDS 

STANDARD  REFERENCE  MATERIAL  1010a 

(ANSI  and  ISO  TEST  CHART  No.  2) 


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An  Old  Case  of  Chronic  Insomnia 


BY 


WILLIAM  RENWICK  RIDDllLL,  LL.D..  F.  B.  S., 


TORONTO. 


Reprinted  from  The  New  York  Medical  Journal  for 
January  i,  iQ'^- 


Reprinted  from  the  New  York  Medical  Journal  for 
January  i.  I9if>- 


AN  OLD  CASE  OF  CHRONIC  INSOMNIA. 
By  William  Renwick  Rioobll.  LL.  D..  F.  R.  H.  S., 
Toronto. 
An  extraordinatv  character  in  the  early  history 
of  Up^r  Canada  was  Robert  (Fleming)  Gem  . 
"e'oiilir  Scotland  of  a  ntoderate^  -"g,,  -^  ; 
^niversiS^rfe   e"l  out  wlTEarl  of  Kellie  at 

?3«eBs?l'^t:fo„'a?i^""i 
*8%'^He°'sor'.roM"'wX.hrj:.h?rfen;; 

Sr  Snada!  anTSn  ,819  he  was  banished  ftom 
rtafpro^ince.   Then  he  went  to  E"e^?f '"4^; 

Sdr^SSharhe'horsSppSSia 

K,^.  th\c  Vip  refused  to  do  for  over  three  years. 
&Sg  SreS  of"  athe  got  out  and  shortly  theg- 
^fter  came  to  New  York  and  later  to  Canada.  He 
^sterS  the  Parliament  of  Canada  about  h.s  treat- 

Sirdo«fHfsS 

went  again  to  Scotland,  where  he  died  at  the  age  ot 

''^S^rclse'presents  more  than  one  curious  aspect 
n.e^  cally  bSt  I  propose  to  speak  at  length  on^y  of 
nne  Passing  over  the  facts  that  he  ,vas  almost  m- 
^tnTn  iail  at  Niagara  before  his  banishment, 
'""/thJ^The  fS  ing  for  Ws  reason  on  his  return  to 
EnVand    th-w'hfmself  on  the  parish  and  broke 

Copyright,    .9.6.  by  A.   R.  Elliott  Publishing  Company. 


stones 
alleged 


NidJcll.  Old  Case  of  Insomnia. 

!  in;r'"?ia°''  "'°""''''  '  ^'^"  '^^  °"'y 


of 


He^IlSu''°'^u   '^i'e  wholly  frou,  his 
u/t      '  "*  '^^^  'his  did 


-  own  writing. 
T*"  '""  "'"  »oi  trouble  him  till  iXi? 

perfect  Sth     IS  .,?"",?  ''"•  "=*  generaljy  in 

mom%''S''„'l,hraV?"Lt"o^tt;/'.'£^^^^ 
quite  enoueh  fo«-  r^ef  o„^       •  "      ^'^P  was 

\T^  '^"""Sn  lo.  rest  and  enjoyment 

in  a  trte  fta^Jri'  ^tV  "  <*  »•  ™- 

discomfort  3uepwTs'om^',''r  '"  ""JP^-kable 

ship  from  GreenSlivSo°/ra„'i„r?r-    '^"^ 
and  was  at  sm  «ji  ft,   ^'^*='^Poo'  ran  >nto  a  hurricane 

wereX^ai;;'i  tt  Sdin^on^fiVr  "''^•'^^ 
on  board  his  ship  for  New  Yo?k  he  ioW  1    ^  ^°"?^ 
h.s  condition,  and  was  ad  vis  A ''take  a  trXl^ 
before  going  to  bed  at  Liverpool     He  dTr?  «n  ^^ 
got  some  sleep:  but  all  the  wav  over  frnm  M  '  ^""^ 
her  9th  to  December  22nd  he  had  nnfT  ^-T"": 
sleep.    Uudanum.  opium  getting  tiDsv^ll"^'"^  -^ 
vain;  the  -grog"  indeed  nU?e  Sm  Sor  .hffi  "^ 
time  at  .ea,  but  he  got  no  sleep     ThsDeSof^i" 
le^ness.  It  will  be  seen,  wa.  o^f  mir'e' thKl^^  1^ 

the\'Snr?f1ar^°"x8^'-'''"rt''y'  ^'^■°'  '" 

^o^y  weeKe-dJ^^,\tKtrhaTr- 
About  January.  1839.  the  insomnia  again  set  in. 


I 


Hidd,U:  Old  Case  of  Insomnia. 

mmmms 

5;  7„i?o  cumins.  a„.l  he  will  no.  -e»;"^a,  he 

approach  to  sleep   ;  ^J'^  about  a  yea  ^^^ 

"ff  Morpheus  <lid  not  obtain  f,"""  Uimes  peT^ 

-rie'  i'r  hr^-T'rtS% 
s'onrs'Xu»ci^^^ 

S'e^S^ts'y^.-'tHer^Sr  •  ■  A  ™^.h  ot'so 


Mdd.'U    Old  Case  of  Insomnia. 

"^^^Zr^Z^L^^    f^'"'-'^    '-   hours' 
havr,he  last  a'Snl^^f'^thrruble  ""^  ^'^"  ^ 

afti^i^."  nirtKe;';::;'^  ^"^^^^  ^*^^"^ »°  '»'- 

was  c,uite  cured  of  h  Presumed  that  he 

incapable  of  misstath  La  fact   L    ''  "  "  '^"*«*"' 
'nferences  might  be   but  it  it   '  ''°r^*''  ^'■^"^  his 
was  in  error,     it  ^hv  no  J.  '''"*"^  '""'^'"  ^^at  he 
cumstance  that  one  believe  r"^  ^"  ""^«^n,n,on  cir- 
all  night,  vvhci  Tosel^cupyiL  th^I  '^'^'  '  "'"'' 
perhaps  the  same  l^d  wifh  k5  ^\''''"'^  "-oom.  or 
awake  for  an  hour  or  ^0^    K  'L"'  ^^""^  ^^"  ^^ 
one  must  havf  ac^ex^r  e^ce.'Vr l"^"    ^^^^> 
passed,  as  he  thinks   in^u    .        °^  "^^^^^  nights 
been  made  quite    ela^^    L'TV^^^^^^^^  *'  has 

No  medical  man  coidd  V  fo  *"?  '''/'  '"  ^^^^  sleep, 
''ourlay  couS  pass  'ar,  m'  ^'^°^l>"^ved  that 
he  did  nothing  but  re^t  n  >t Tn"'°"*  '^''P'  ^^^"  '^ 
hisbeingmenfallv  -  L?  n  '"^'V'°"  »he  fact  of 
tically  the  X'e'peMod  '    ''"^ '^"^'^^  ^"""^  P^^- 

his  generafill  hStS     Wh'en  L^'LT^.l-^'^^'  "^ 
stitution,   naturally   stron^an  f  ^-^    ^^^  ^'^    *^°"- 
forty  years  of  age  si  Sri  hv  ^,  ^T"''    '^^^   *'" 
a  farmer,  riding^^nd  tarCmSS  '^^h""*-''^^  k^^ 
t^ktn  cum  grano  salts.    InKh.'    ^'"^'""st  be 
move  to  England  on  accium^hfs  h^^L^^y^l  '° 
>ng  a  change  of  climate  necessarv  "    Tn  i     '■^"''"■ 
of  181 5  he  had  to  eo  ta  Chll^'  u    "  ^^^  summer 
waters  there  on  acco^°„t  of  illSr  O  '"'^  *'^ 
to  Upper  Canada,  he  was  confine?!  /^.^,    u   '''*"""& 
two  months  by  sickness      At)  1^       the  house  for 
confinement  in  N.Sa "  iai?     TU    '^^'  ^^°'"*^  ^he 
quent  attacks  of  erySis  Ln    ."'^^^''■'  ^'''  ^'^- 


» 


Hiddill:  Old  Case  of  Insomnia. 

Stain«.     Using  his  own  words.  ^  he  ^^"ffy^^/,°; 
vpar*    from    a    nervous    ilisease.        He      guar<ieci 
Tg^nst'thTusual  consequences  by  rneans  not  one  m 
1  thousand  would  have  rcsoUitJon  foi       He    Dy  no 
mlanrackno\leclged  msan.ty  "  but  it  was  necessary 
in  order  "to  save  his  reason"'  (he  was    on  the  verge 
of  madness")  that  he  «houJd  ^reak  \tanes  on  t^^^ 
road,  a  pauper  where  he  had  been  a  •^^'""'.JJ«"^y 
curing  him^lf  of  the  nervous  disease  which     for 
5hr"e  years  tore  him  to  pieces";  he  determined  at 
one  tiS  when  sufrering^om  {^s  ';nervous'^d.s- 
pist    to  commit  su  c     •  at  the  Lan'  .  l-nd.     Alter 
rSming  to  Canada,  .e  find  ^n       rf -^f- 
and  again.    On  returning  to  Scotia.     J*  /«"  sta^ 
never  would  see  Canada  ngai.i  by  reason  of  his  state 

°^Yefhe  did  m  -vels  in  »'     'vay  of  walking,  till 
forty  year    of  a,        Walks   -i  chirty  or  forty  miles 
.day  never  disU.sed  him.    On  his  return  to  the 
old  iLd  In  .819.  we  find  him  at  once  -aking  vja  k 
ine  tours  in  Scot  and.  later  m  England.    On  release 
\rom  Cold  Bath  Fields  he  walked  in  Scotland  from 
mZing  till  night  without  fatigue,  and  when  again 
TcTada  we  find  him  walking  on  ev^ry  oppcrtunUy'^ 
No  doubt  this  exercise,  coupled  with  a  cons  itnUon 
ohysically  sound  and  a  temperament  from  infancy 
Lnguine  and  enthusiastic,  enabled  him  to  I've  to  he 
ereft  age  he  attained,  notwithstanding  the  rude  buf- 
Sgs^of  the  world,  bitter  disappointments,  and 
grievous  sorrow. 


